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Keeano, the Greek startup making a splash at beaches
A new app, developed in Athens, aims to create the biggest database to document coastlines globally by allowing users to share information and photos on anything to do with the …
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TOP 10: Feasts of 15 August, a tribute the Dormition of Panagia (Our Lady) and a huge name day
Each year on 15 August, the biggest religious feast day of Orthodoxy takes place in Greece. A national holiday, there are numerous traditions surrounding the Dekapentavgousto, that are dedicated to …
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WHAT’S ON Guide: Greek-inspired events across Australia, 15 August onward
VIC ‘BEYOND ATTICA: ART OF MAGNA GRAECIA’ On loan to the Hellenic Museum (280 William St, Melbourne) from the Koumantatakis family, ‘Beyond Attica: Art of Magna Graecia’ is an extraordinary collection of …
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Greek Australians honoured for promoting Greece’s health tourism sector
Aside from its reputation for being an idyllic summer destination, Greece is starting to make a real name for itself for a rather different ‘getaway’: health tourism. This is thanks …
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La Trobe offers new studies into Multicultural Australia and the Greek contribution
The Greek Studies program at La Trobe University is offering a new subject this semester called ‘Multicultural Australia: The Greek Contribution.’ This class explores the contribution of early migrants from …
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Two petrified trunks found at Lesvos petrified forest area
Two gigantic petrified tree trunks, lying one on top of one another, were discovered during salvage excavations conducted by the Petrified Forest Natural History Museum of Lesvos in cooperation with …
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Your survival guide to driving in Greece
Thinking of driving around Greece on your next holiday? Be warned that it is no easy task if you’re a foreigner, and there are many things to keep in mind …
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It’s not too soon to prepare for the Lonsdale Street Greek Festival
Melbourne is home to a large Greek community and the Lonsdale Street Festival (formerly Antipodes Festival) takes place every February to celebrate the Greek community and multiculturalism in general. Expressions …
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Australia will not be able to use the ‘name’ feta for cheese that has not been produced in Greece
It was first announced in February, however the measure is only now being put into effect with six names being classified as geographic indicators that are now off limits for …
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When lesser is better: Naxos and the lesser-known Cyclades of Greece
I had been assured, as the timetable indicated, that the last boat out of the secluded Kato Koufonisi without a hotel or rooms to rent, would depart at 10.30 pm. …